Also: With "Late Night with Seth Meyers" not in the running, a vote for "Jimmy Kimmel Live" as Outstanding Talk Show: "The best right now."

“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” scored six Emmy nominations this year, including two for Bourdain himself: Outstanding Informational Series or Special, and Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program. The digital series “Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown” also received a nomination, giving voters seven shots at honoring the late chef and host.

But the death of a star doesn’t necessarily guarantee a posthumous Emmy. Just last year, it was thought Carrie Fisher might land the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Emmy for her role on “Catastrophe,” but instead it went to Melissa McCarthy.

“Parts Unknown” won the Outstanding Informational Series or Special Emmy four years in a row, from 2013 to 2016, so the CNN series has a track record in the category. But voters may also choose to honor Bourdain in the writing category, and give the series award to another program.

One editor, filling out IndieWire’s anonymous Emmy ballot, argued that Bourdain, “rest his soul, has been recognized for this great series many times,” and instead threw their weight behind David Letterman, host of Netflix’s “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman.”

“Letterman, despite his flaws, is a national treasure who needs to keep exploring this format,” they wrote. “This is the most interesting in this category.”

IndieWire reached out to creatives across the industry this year to share their own Emmy ballots, anonymously, and explain why they made their choices. Performers, writers, producers, publicists, executives, and craftspeople from across the industry offered up their answers, and IndieWire has been posting some of those ballots last week and this week.

Here’s how an editor made their picks on this year’s Emmy race. Read on below:

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Outstanding Drama Series

The Americans
The Crown
Game Of Thrones
☑ The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld

Hard to watch, but brilliantly executed on all levels and almost every episode.

Though Louie is vulnerable, sweet and brilliant in “Baskets,” he has rightfully been recognized year after year, and this feels like the role and the year in which Winkler should be recognized for his fantastic portrayal of some of the people we meet in the entertainment industry. Funny!

Outstanding Informational Series or Special

Letterman, despite his flaws, is a national treasure who needs to keep exploring this format. This is the most interesting in this category. “Vice” is way too focused on the extremes of any given subject, Bourdain, rest his soul, has been recognized for this great series many times, Remini is overzealous and the series is produced more like a reality show than a documentary series. “StarTalk” is boring.